Bolton: Two veterans rowing the Atlantic for great causes

Chris Thrall and Louie Greenhalgh started the 3,000-mile journey on December 8, which requires 14 hours of rowing every day. The trip should take them up to three months. The row is being led by Chris, 54, a former Royal Marines Commando from Plymouth. He said: “I grew up reading the awe-inspiring …

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The donkey who delivered Shrewsbury’s Christmas post

Soldiers of Shropshire Museum Dr Robert MacKinnon with the painting of Jessie Over the Christmas period in 1941, an army donkey was taken off her usual duties and given a special task. Four year-old Jessie, along with her handler Pte Taffy Ellis, were assigned the role of delivering the festive …

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Inside the highs and lows of Christmas with the Royal Family: RICHARD EDEN looks back through the years for a special episode of Reading The Royals as he reveals the funny gifts, the rows over the best bedrooms and that time Diana left early…

The Royal Family’s annual Christmas at Sandringham always produces a series of pictures of poise and tradition as they all walk to church together.  But behind the polished smiles, the festive season for the family has not always been merry.  Over the years, the private estate in Norfolk has been the scene of …

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